| Title |
Estimating the Number of Persons Who Inject Drugs in the United States by Meta-Analysis to Calculate National Rates of HIV and Hepatitis C Virus Infections
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, May 2014
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0097596 |
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| Authors |
Amy Lansky, Teresa Finlayson, Christopher Johnson, Deborah Holtzman, Cyprian Wejnert, Andrew Mitsch, Deborah Gust, Robert Chen, Yuko Mizuno, Nicole Crepaz |
| Abstract |
Injection drug use provides an efficient mechanism for transmitting bloodborne viruses, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV). Effective targeting of resources for prevention of HIV and HCV infection among persons who inject drugs (PWID) is based on knowledge of the population size and disparity in disease burden among PWID. This study estimated the number of PWID in the United States to calculate rates of HIV and HCV infection. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 6 | 23% |
| United States | 6 | 23% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 4% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 12 | 46% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 21 | 81% |
| Scientists | 3 | 12% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 209 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 206 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 47 | 22% |
| Researcher | 41 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 20 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 16 | 8% |
| Other | 31 | 15% |
| Unknown | 34 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 48 | 23% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 38 | 18% |
| Social Sciences | 27 | 13% |
| Psychology | 12 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 4% |
| Other | 27 | 13% |
| Unknown | 49 | 23% |